March 2001



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Consumer Price Index for the Month of March, 2001

The Consumer Price Index for March 2001 increased by 1,00 unit or 0,95% to 106,73 units compared to 105,73 in February 2001. This is mainly due to increases in the prices of clothing and footwear items following the end of the winter sales. A decrease was recorded in the price of electricity.

2. The rate of increase of the Index for March 2001 compared to March 2000 was 1,44% while for the period of January-March 2001 the CPI recorded an increase of 1,75% compared to the corresponding period of 2000.

3. The evolution of the Index by category for the last twelve months was:

Categories of Goods and Services		2 0 0 1
Categories of Goods and Services		Jan.	Feb	Mar
1.	Food & non-alcoholic beverages	106,15	106,99	107,00
2.	Alcoholic beverages & tobacco	122,03	123,07	123,45
3.	Clothing and footwear	89,35	84,08	94,77
4.	Housing, water, electricity and gas	109,93	110,18	109,59
5.	Furnishings, household equipment and supplies	100,82	99,54	101,80
6.	Health	112,58	112,58	113,12
7.	Transport	107,31	107,51	107,54
8.	Communication	88,94	87,84	87,60
9.	Recreation & cullture	99,10	98,92	99,13
10.	Education	111,70	111,70	112,59
11.	Restaurants & hotels	113,64	114,19	114,35
12.	Miscellaneous goods and services	108,27	108,81	108,92
	General Index	105,96	105,73	106,73

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